“The Greatest loss in life is the loss of a mother: The second greatest, the loss of Self.”

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.”

“But my point, you see is that death is misunderstood. The loss of one's life is not the greatest loss. It is no loss at all. To others, perhaps, but not to oneself.”

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”

“They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss that their pain and loss were illusions. (v)”